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User Stories – Part 3

How Do You Create a Good User Story?

Valuable. All good user stories should have some business value. The customer is always at the forefront of agile so if there is no value for the customer, then why is it in there?  Collaboration is important here. Scrum Masters should work with product owners to ensure the story has some business value.

Estimable. User stories should be scaled so that they are not too big or too small. Being able to properly estimate how long something will take is important and scrum teams should always have enough information to do so properly. Scrum Masters can help frame the scope so that user stories are properly scaled to include the proper information needed to estimate the story. They can also help define terms and clarify information that is needed so that the Team has the proper knowledge to estimate the story.

Small. A user story should always be small and be able to be completed in within the iteration. Scrum Masters can help determine if a story is small enough by looking at how long it will take to complete. Scrum Masters should know their developmental team well and knows what they are capable of. So if members of the development team are not available when creating a user story, Scrum Masters can help define the scope so it is small enough for the development team to handle.

Testable. This means the acceptance criteria should be clearly defined so that it can be tested. Even if there isn’t a test for it yet, it should still be able to be tested in principle. Scrum Masters can collaborate with product owners and team members so that user stories are clearly defined.

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Master of Agile – Scrum Product Owner With 59 Seconds Agile (Video Training Course)

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This ‘Master of Agile – Scrum Product Owner With 59 Seconds Agile (Video Training Course)’ provides an in-depth understanding of the Scrum Product Owner roles and responsibilities

You will explore the Agile Scrum project life-cycle, including how an Agile User Story is created, to how we know when it is ‘done’

This course is aimed at those with or without prior knowledge and experience of the Agile values and principles

During this course you will learn the tools needed to succeed as a Scrum Product Owner

What will you learn?

You will gain an in-depth understanding of the Scrum Product Owner roles and responsibilities, and you will be able to

  • Fully understand the role of the Scrum Product Owner
  • Understand the roles involved in an Agile project
  • Create an effective Product Backlog
  • Effectively participate in Scrum Meetings such as the Daily Stand-up, Sprint Review and Retrospective
  • Identify the roles involves in the Scrum Team

What topics are covered within this course?

You will cover the following topics during this course:

  1. An Introduction to Agile Project Management (Product Owner)
  2. The 12 Agile Principles (Product Owner)
  3. The Declaration of Interdependence (Product Owner)
  4. Introduction to Scrum (Product Owner)
  5. Scrum Project Roles (Product Owner)
  6. The Agile Project Life-cycle (Product Owner)
  7. Acceptance Criteria and the Prioritised Product Backlog (Product Owner)
  8. Epics and Personas (Product Owner)
  9. Sprint Planning (Product Owner)
  10. User Stories (Product Owner)
  11. The Daily Scrum (Product Owner)
  12. The Product Backlog (Product Owner)
  13. Scrum Charts (Product Owner)
  14. Review and Retrospective (Product Owner)
  15. Validating a Sprint (Product Owner)
  16. Releasing the Product (Product Owner)

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